A capital adequacy primer

A summary of the Committee of Chief Risk Officers’ (CCRO) emerging guidelines on capital adequacy, by Cinergy’s Antonio Ligeralde, Kenneth Robinson of El Paso Merchant Energy and CCRO head Michael Smith

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As part of its drive to introduce standardised best practices across the energy industry, the Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO) is introducing a set of emerging practices that energy firms can use to measure capital adequacy.

Capital adequacy has been a topic of debate for many years. By its simplest definition, capital adequacy is the availability of funds necessary for a company to meet its foreseen and unforeseen obligations – both short- and long-term. Capital should be large

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